..To estimate the vaccination coverage levels of children living in rural areas and identify statistically significant differences in coverage between children living in rural areas and their suburban and urban counterparts...

..The purpose of this study was to describe vaccination coverage levels of adults aged > or = 18 years according to their CAM use status and determine if there is an association between CAM use and adult vaccination coverage...

Compliance with recommendations and opportunities for vaccination at ages 11 to 12 years: evaluation of the 2009 national immunization survey-teen

..We examined heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) uptake among children aged 19 to 35 months in the United States and determined how uptake rates differed by state vaccine financing policy...

Vaccination visits in early childhood: just one more visit to be fully vaccinated

..Our goal was to determine whether school-level variability in implementation of immunization requirements is associated with the likelihood of a child having received an exemption to school immunization requirements...

Vaccine knowledge and practices of primary care providers of exempt vs. vaccinated children

Daniel A SalmonInstitute for Vaccine Safety and Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USAHum Vaccin 4:286-91. 2008

..Compare vaccine knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary care providers for fully vaccinated children and children who are exempt from school immunization requirements...

Impact of methodological "shortcuts" in conducting public health surveys: results from a vaccination coverage survey

..To describe the uptake of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) in Michigan adolescents following its approval in January 2005, and compare it to the use of meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine (MPSV4) in 2004...

Physician perspectives to inform a new recommendation for meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4)

..In this study, we identified factors associated with receipt of one or more doses of hepatitis B vaccine among adults at high risk for hepatitis B infection...

Support for immunization registries among parents of vaccinated and unvaccinated school-aged children: a case control study

Robert W LinkinsThailand Ministry of Public Health US CDC Collaboration, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention previously at National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USABMC Public Health 6:236. 2006

Physician attitudes and preferences about combined Tdap vaccines for adolescents

Mathew M DavisChild Health Evaluation and Research Unit, Division of General Pediatrics, General R Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0456, USAAm J Prev Med 31:176-80. 2006

..We examined the current practices of pediatricians and family physicians regarding adolescent tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (Td) vaccine immunizations and providers' potential adherence to new Tdap recommendations for adolescents...